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High Peak Green Party selects a parliamentary candidate
Robert Hodgetts-Haley has been selected as the prospective parliamentary for the Green party in the High Peak. A local campaigner and...
Luke Robinson
Oct 3, 20191 min read
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Declare a climate emergency in High Peak
At the council meeting on Tuesday October 15th, High Peak Borough Council will debate a motion to declare a climate emergency. The motion...
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Oct 2, 20192 min read
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‘Wilding’ by Isabella Tree (Picadore 2018)
Wilding is the story of the conversion of the Knepp Estate in West Sussex from intensive agricultural to an extensive wildlife refuge. ...
Mike Shipley
Sep 11, 20194 min read
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Green councillors acting on the climate emergency
In 2007, Professor David King, then chief scientific advisor to the UK government stated. Avoiding dangerous climate change is impossible...
Joanna Collins
Aug 3, 20194 min read
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Climate change and what to do about it
This spring has seen an eruption of interest and energy in campaigning about climate change, with Extinction Rebellion protests, the...
Jeremy Wight
Jul 6, 20192 min read
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Greens Demand change in Spending Priorities to fight the Climate Emergency
A delegation of High Peak Greens attended the Party’s Spring Conference in Scarborough where they heard the Party Leaders call for urgent...
Mike Shipley
Jun 17, 20192 min read
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EU Elections: A Grand Day Out
On Saturday our local EU election candidate, Daniel Wimberley, took a (public) bus tour around some of the High Peak to talk to people...
Ben Evens
May 21, 20191 min read
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EU Elections: come & meet our local Green Party candidate on 18 May
These are exciting times. We haven't even finished celebrating the election of our two Green Borough Councillors and we're the in middle...
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May 17, 20192 min read
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Greens win in Hope Valley!
If you were following the local elections, you probably already know by now, but we are delighted to say that Greens across the High Peak...
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May 16, 20192 min read
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Where are the birds?
We are eroding the very foundations of economies, livelihoods, food security, health and quality of life worldwide. Robert Watson, the...
Joanna Collins
May 6, 20192 min read
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Facing the climate emergency with nature's help
It's been a big week for the climate. Extinction Rebellion have been making headlines with their protests in London, the inspirational...
Pete Tomlin
Apr 23, 20193 min read
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Why I vote Green
I continue to vote Green because if we don't look after the planet we won't be able to do anything about other issues. What can we do...
Andy Tooze
Apr 17, 20192 min read
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Climate emergency
Last year the International Panel on Climate Change issued the stark warning that we have only 12 years to act to limit the catastrophic...
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Apr 4, 20192 min read
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It's not about hair shirts
Hopefully the notion that Greens have to dress in itchy sack-like garments and old boots is way out of date. There are Green fashionistas...
Joanna Collins
Mar 17, 20195 min read
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Humanising healthcare
A review of Humanising healthcare: Patterns of hope for a system under strain by Dr Margaret Hannah Nigel Lawson famously once remarked...
Jeremy Wight
Mar 11, 20192 min read
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Funding Reduction at The Zink Project
High Peak charity, The Zink Project, helps people to move out of poverty and make a new life for themselves. Last year alone, 80 long...
Paul Bohan
Mar 10, 20192 min read
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Make space for wildlife
Gardens are important for wildlife. In many areas, including in parts of the Peak District, a modest garden can home more variety of...
Mike Shipley
Mar 2, 20192 min read
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Help for older people in our communities
Many older people lead active, fulfilling lives well into what could be considered old age. And, as we have read in the media, many are...
Joanna Collins
Feb 20, 20193 min read
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Getting an education at the Climate Strike
Pulling our children out of school isn't something we do often. But last Friday it felt like it was important. The world is in danger,...
Dan Hanks
Feb 19, 20193 min read
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Green space in Glossop under threat from development
The town of Glossop is well known for its picture-perfect countryside setting. Yet a development is being proposed which threatens to...
Dan Hanks
Feb 14, 20191 min read
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